Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03
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Mr.. Meadsnhafi d . hsh dssles and
ahippeR, and = pFssay wen posasd - 70
gard 30 Gen. Daring the e0uxss OF .
eonvsEnsti0u. Mr.. MsndsnhaIi said Il
lsaEnsa thaz GoveEaors psnnoyeF and
Bsmpls had put thsfr heads a0Rsfhef
and de9sFmine1 % &c THAI TIE lsu raj
alive % dshiDz ID The Oolambsa Firer,
watch provides that no hsa shall b
taken frcm thai stream afseg August
LIST of each year, shall Be stxic4lE e.
forced. AZ s0on a. satigSaa myash
that they meant baaiuess, I struck oaf
for tie 6ound 20 80 my fsiend. 6eoxRs
Myers, and see whae arKanRen1eat8
eoaid make with hin 20 snpply ne
with fresh saImoa from the So1nd, both
for The Portland msrkst and fof ship-
ment east.
Reporter - Do yoa ssnd The Aah
East IN refKaeRaknE oaraf
Mr.. Mezdenhail NE; refrigerator
ears have been Demonstrated 20 be uss-
less % far a. the ahkPment Of fresh nsb
is o scerned. I ssDd Ash By express.
y costs iota Of mo1ey, but the express
meE Singers 10ok cut for them, and
kssp plenty Of lee IN ne boxes, snd shs
res1lS u, my hsh reach The maRkets 10
OhicaQo and NeV York fust e. fresh
and sweet as whe1 shay leave my mar
ket In Portland. Several acqaaintanoes
Of mine tried the refriQexateF car ex-
pertinent vita hsh, and every single one
Of them have Lost money on the goods.
Reporter-Do goa think the Oolam-
hia naneFmen viii resist the lav Ia re-
gard 70 taking salmonP
Mr.. Me1deahali-Soma Of them prob
ably will 0ns canneEyman Of my
acquaintance. however. who arst In
tended 20 resist, toIG ne lost before
left that be had ordered his wheels
taken 0ut Of the river and bis eanneTy
closed down. Governor Pennoyer says
be vill stop fshine In his iurisaicGioa II
be has 10 call out the militia 20 assist
him In enforcing the lav, and the
people over there Who have she bssl
interests Of our aahinR Industry at
stake say that II Governor Eempie will
back up oar Governor, and stop the IN
lawful taking OF ish on the Washington
Territory siAs Of the Columbia, there
will be ne trouble about the matter
You zee, this has been an Of year. Fish
have been high and scarce, and maay
Of those Who have large sans Of
money invested IN the business
will do we'll II they come out
even on the seasons work, and hence Il
10 not surprising that they should feel
like 6shina as late az possible, and e.
pecially 90 the fish have commenced 10
run In larger numbers during the past
few days The trouble il, Il the isw IL
not respected and lived up %. the f.
NOUS Columbia River salmon will soon
exist only in history, for / tell you. Q
salmon which can skip all the traps and
wheels, 10 say nothing Of the nets be.
tween the Columbia and the spawning
grounds, 10 Q thorough navigator and
has no business being hsh. Another
thing 10 this; Late In the season there
il fish which runs in great numbers,
which e very similar 70 your Puget
Sound dog salmon. and which IL hardly
a. for Indians 70 eat, and yet have
known reputable oannary man packing
thsse hsh and labelling them 1Oolnm-
bia River Salmon The lay also pro-
hibits the aucA conduct 90 that. and
understand that clause 10 going TO be |
enforced also.
RspogIeF-How do you like our cityl |
Mr.. Mendsnhall-I am greatly pleased |
with it. 90 the train coming over
from Portland ] met Jake Mann. He /
tried TO talk Tacoma 10 me, and asked /
me TO stay over there, bat told him /
that ! had besn there before, and he 1
could not offer sufficient Inducements
TO make me tackle Il again. Seattle 10
the iiveliest place ! have seen. AZ
pass up snd down the street I notice the
stores thronaed With customers, and
every branch Of business seems 10 be
prosperous. Portland 10 quite dull ct 1
present, owing 20 the absence Of %
many Who have gone 10 the seashoTe
and the harness. fields. IL h always dull |
in the city during harvest, but We look
for q good fall and winter. There IL
considerable building going on
all the time. and East Portland
10 getting more than her share
Of ID. Since the building Of the
bridge, many Who heretofore rented
10 Portland proper have bought cheap
lots on the East side, and are building
homes for themselves and families.
Oae thing that impresses me hsre 10 Sc
attic 10 the great number Of litkIe
steamers which are coming and going.
They 20 OF apparently loaded with
and those that come 10
are loaded with pFodnoe. When I 20
back to Portland and people ask me
Why Seattle leads Tacoma 90 far. will
tell them that Seattle is the natural dis
slibuling point, and enjoys the trade Of
the entire Sound country"